Brussels, 19/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - According to a press release from the European Central Bank (ECB), during the first half of 2010 a total of 387,000 counterfeit euro banknotes were withdrawn from circulation. This is a decrease of around 13% on the quantity recovered in the previous six months. The table below indicates the half-yearly trend in the number of counterfeits recovered.
When compared with the increasing number of genuine euro banknotes in circulation (on average 13.2...